2019 NFL trade deadline: Texans, Jaguars make moves

While the Indianapolis Colts were expectedly quiet during the hours leading to the Tuesday trade deadline, two of their counterparts in the division made moves.

The Colts weren’t expected to be a part of any trades, especially seeing how many draft picks were involved. The only realistic possibility would have been if the Colts were gaining draft picks given how Chris Ballard likes to stockpile them.

The two teams that did make moves at the deadline in the AFC South were the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars. Let’s take a look at what deals went down:

Texans acquire WR Demaryius Thomas from Broncos

After Will Fuller suffered a torn ACL in their Thursday night win against the Miami Dolphins a week before the trade deadline, the Texans were certainly in the market for a wide receiver.

Leading the division at the halfway point of the season, the Texans are likely looking to build to win now in order to make a playoff run. Though Thomas isn’t the deep threat he once was, this trade gave them an opportunity to replace Fuller to some extent.

The Texans gave up a fourth and a seventh-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to acquire Thomas from the Broncos, who added a seventh-round pick in a package for the wide receiver.

Jaguars trade DE Dante Fowler to the Rams

Though he was seeing a rotational role on the Jaguars defensive line, the former first-round pick in Fowler will now join the potent Rams defensive line.

Since being drafted with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, Fowler has only recorded sacks in 39 career games played. He was stuck in a rotational role on the Jaguars deep defensive line.

The Rams gave up a 2019 third-round pick and a 2020 fifth-round pick in exchange for Fowler.

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